Drāno?

[DonW]

Well, I'd have to say that's just a risk you take when you start a thread about using drain cleaner in your tank...:lol:

Anyway, looks like Boomer re-hijacked it

MikeS

Ok. One word of caution dont put tinfoil in your draino bottle and close the lid.

 

[Scooterman]

Now we're going to have a liability suit against RF because some guy playing around with drano blows something up!

 

[DonW]

Now we're going to have a liability suit against RF because some guy playing around with drano blows something up!

NA thats the safe one it wont blow anything up. Makes a heck of a mess.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

NA thats the safe one it wont blow anything up. Makes a heck of a mess.

Sure Don, we believe you...

 

[MikeS]

We need to retitle the thread "Hey Kids! Fun you can have with Drano!"....:lol:

Anyway, my apologies for my part in the gratuitous hijacking of this thread...:lol:

MikeS

 

[Boomer]

Makes a heck of a mess.

Yah, like your face looking like it has just melted

Water - 60-100%
Sodium Hypochlorite - 3-7%
Sodium Hydroxide - 1-5%
Sodium Silicate - 1-5%

What kind of dumb MSDS is that :lol: How can it be 100 % water and still be Drano :?: How could it be 60 % water + 7 + 5 + 5 = 77 %

 

[DonW]

Makes a heck of a mess.

Yah, like your face looking like it has just melted

Water - 60-100%
Sodium Hypochlorite - 3-7%
Sodium Hydroxide - 1-5%
Sodium Silicate - 1-5%

What kind of dumb MSDS is that :lol: How can it be 100 % water and still be Drano :?: How could it be 60 % water + 7 + 5 + 5 = 77 %

Na its pretty whimpy nowadays, we use to clean heads before port polishing. Makes my leather hands itch a little but thats about it. Not to say its a toy and you shouldnt be careful, just havin fun.

Don

 

[danno14]

Actually I wonder if these lasers would work?

I would bet this one would... a bit expensive for an Aptasia zapper though:
http://www.techlasers.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=57

 

[Snowboarda42]

Makes a heck of a mess.

Yah, like your face looking like it has just melted

Water - 60-100%
Sodium Hypochlorite - 3-7%
Sodium Hydroxide - 1-5%
Sodium Silicate - 1-5%

What kind of dumb MSDS is that :lol: How can it be 100 % water and still be Drano :?: How could it be 60 % water + 7 + 5 + 5 = 77 %

Yeah I didn't understand that either.

Any ill effects other than those mentioned earlier? Or should I start melting Xenia?

 

[Boomer]

You should be Ok, just don't get carrie away, like trying to kill 100 of them in a single day

 

[nomercymike]

I have those underwater firecrackers. I could see an angry wife using them. So I better keep mine happy,lol

 

[spongebob lover]

yuuhhuu!!
i'm gonna use drano bombs on my colonial hydroids :lol: j/k :lol:

 

[trido]

You guys are crazy. Draino for hydroids and xenia. Why dont you just use a thick Kalk paste and smear it over them like butter on toast?

 

[returnofsid]

As Trido mentioned, I've always mixed Pickling Lime with RO/DI water to a this consistency and injected this into and on the Aiptasia. It's always worked great for me. Might have to try the combination of Tin Foil and Drano though...lol...j/k.

 

[Snowboarda42]

I gave drano a try tonight, can't say I'm a big fan.

The stuff absolutely does melt whatever it hits, even bleached the coraline I got some of it on. What really erked me however, was the fact that it solidified into a jelly like substance that happened to float around the tank and irritated alot of other stuff that it wasn't intended to. It had some strange effects on a few softies as well. Although I didn't see it physically touch any of them, some retracted in a different way. For instance, my zoo's, instead of retracting into a little ball like normal, the actual tendrils shriveled up while the disc stayed open. Really strange looking. Same thing happened to the GSP I have in there as well. The effects only lasted about 15 minutes though, so no permanent damage. Almost all the other polyps on my SPS retracted too. My Starry Blenny was pretty freaked out as well.

In the long run, I personally am not going to be using it again. Guess I'll just wait until I have a drain that slows down to use it again.

 

[Boomer]

it solidified into a jelly like substance that happened to float around the tank

More than likley that was a reaction that created some Mg(OH)2. The same thing you see when to much kalk is added or a high pKs buffer is added ( i.e., when you have not had a WC in a long time and add SeaChem Labs Marine Buffer).

And what Drano did you use the liquid ? The liquid has bleach in it and that may have also been a cause.

 

[MikeS]

I gave drano a try tonight, can't say I'm a big fan.

Tsk Tsk Tsk...:lol: Like I said...good 'ole lemon juice....nice and safe, doesn't melt your other corals, ect, ect....:lol:

Just funnin' with ya

MikeS

 

[Snowboarda42]

it solidified into a jelly like substance that happened to float around the tank

More than likley that was a reaction that created some Mg(OH)2. The same thing you see when to much kalk is added or a high pKs buffer is added ( i.e., when you have not had a WC in a long time and add SeaChem Labs Marine Buffer).

And what Drano did you use the liquid ? The liquid has bleach in it and that may have also been a cause.

Hey boomer, I just used the regular Liquid stuff, none of the two part. HERE is the MSDS for it.

 

[Damsel13]

ok so what's up with the Drano and tin foil... just curious.

 

[Snowboarda42]

ok so what's up with the Drano and tin foil... just curious.

Just don't mix the two and you'll be fine.